sports dictionary Tennis - SEEDING

Tennis SEEDING the principle of placing players in the tournament grid, which prevents top tennis players from meeting in the early stages of the competition. Special attention of the audience is drawn to matches with the participation of strong athletes with a high rating. Tournament organizers form the grid so that the seeded tennis players meet each other as late as possible. Thus, strong players receive well-deserved privileges in the form of relatively easy opponents in the initial stages. A certain number of tennis players (depending on the specific competition) with the highest current rating will be seeded. All other participants have equal status. They get their place in the grid by blind drawing.